St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-04-02
HENION STILL HOLDS.
A fter a Kacy Discussion. the Coun'
Gil Refuses to Decapitate Him.


At the council meeting last evening Aid.
Haugan introduced a resolution providing
for the discharge of j. w. Henion, the SUI
perintendent of the water works, and that
the clerical work of the Office be performed
by the present assistant of the Superintend-
ent. The motion was opposed by Aid.
BarrowS and Aid. Sly, who held that there
was no truth in the statement made by the
gentlemen from the Sixth, that the people
of Minneapolis wanted to see Mr. Henion
dropped out. There was no one else in the
employ of the city, said Aid. Sly, who
could attend to the work. as Mr.. Henion,
and, for one, he did not like to see the af
fairs of the water department placed in the
hands of men who knew nothing in regard
to the business. AID. Dwyer did not think
it right for the council to make flesh
of one man and fish of another. and held
that as long as Engineer Waters had been
dropped the same plan should be pursued
in regard to Mr.. Henion. Aid. Gibson
spoke at some length in favor of retaining
Mr. Henion, as he did not think it right to
place the work of the water department on
the shoulders of the committee on water
works. Aid. johnson says that while he
had a high regard for Mr.. Henion's integ-
rity and ability, he did not want to see him
kept in his present position. He said that
while the affairs of the Office had been
placed in the hands of the city engineer no
other man should be kept at the head of
the department. He felt sure, he said. that
Mr.. Henion's unpleasant address was
as annoying to himself as it was to the peo-
pie whom lie came in contact with, but as
long as it was so and the relations OF the
taxpayers and Mr.. Henion were as at pres
ba in, foxy nfl in,
the office. Aid. Barrows said he did not
want MI Henion to retain the Office per-
manently, but he did want him kept until
the new council came in. Aid. Downs was
of the opinion. he said. that it was the in
tention of the bill abolishing the board of
water commissioners to provide for the dis
charge of Mr.. Henion, and he thought it
should be done at the present meeting.
Aid. Haugan then denied that he
had any hard feeling toward Mr.. Henion,
but he felt that it was duty the
city council owed to the public to abolish
the office of superintendent of the water
works and depose Mr.. Henion. Aid.
Cloutier thought the best plan would be to
allow Mr.. Henion to remain until the new
council came in. Then the new committee
On water works could do what was thought
best. Aid. johnson took the floor and said
that theonlv objection he had to Mr.. Henion
was to his occupying the position of super
intendent 1t was peculiar position at
the present time. he said, and in case Mr..
Henion was discharged the committee on
water works could employ him to give adj
vice. if it was needed, if it chose to do so.
Aid. Downs replied that he thought the
city could get along without him. and even
if it could not it was time some one else
was being educated to take his place,
as Mr.. Henion was as liable to die as any
one else. Aid. Stoft said that while he
would like to see Mr.. Henion kept in the
employ of the city, he did not think he
should be kept as the superintendent of the
waterwOrkS, as he was very offensive to the
people with whom he came in contact. AS
| an amendment to the original motion, Aid.
Johnson moved that the Office of superin
| tendent of the waterworks be abolished.
| This did not meet the views of several of
| the aldermen and an animated discussion
| ensued, some holding that no such office
| existed. The motion was put and lost by
a vote of S to II, the vote standing as fol-
lows: Ayes-Babb, Clark, Downs. Dwyer,
Haugen. johnson, Lawrence. Stoft-S.
Noes = BaTows, Cloutier, Gibson,
Phelps Sly. Swenson, Clough Ia.
Another discussion ensued as to the advisa-
| bility of retaining Mr.. Henion. The orig
inal motion was put and lost. The vote
stood: Yeas-Babb. Clark, Downs. Dwyer.
Haugen, Johnson, Laurence Mareck, Stoft
and Swenson-10. Noes-Barrows. Clou-
| tier, Gibson, L'Herault, Mills. Morse,
Phelps Phillips. Sly, Clough-1O. Aid.
Johnson then started to offer a resolution
| to the effect that the city engineer be in
structed to place Frank Moody in charge of
the water department, when motion was
made to adjourn. Amid row the motion
|